Paris 2024 Olympics: Tech Innovation On Display
theCUBEresearch, Thursday, July 25th, 2024
As the Paris 2024 Olympics approach, there has been a lot of buzz about the tech innovation that will no doubt play an outsized role at the games, ranging from enhancing the fan experience to helping ensure safety for attendees. It's fascinating to see how this technology integrates into large-scale events.
I sat down with Rob Strechay, my colleague and fellow analyst here at theCUBE Research, to discuss some key technologies making headlines as the Games kick off this weekend. Here are our takeaways.
Data Centers and Sustainability
When talking tech innovation at the Paris 2024 Olympics, let's start with Equinix. Well before the Olympics start, Equinix was talking about the company's sustainability efforts at its data centers. In Paris, Equinix is walking the walk on the sustainability front and has managed to harness the heat coming from the IT infrastructure to heat the Olympic pool. That's a pretty cool use of excess heat, and one that hopefully opens the door to other similar use cases in the future.